附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
How do we compare economies? -- The theory and practice of market capitalism -- The theory and history of Marxism and socialism -- Islamic economics and the economics of other religions -- The United States of America: the market capitalist leader -- Japan: a planned market economy with traditional elements -- Whither indicative planning? The case of France -- Sweden: crisis and reform of the social market welfare state -- The unification of Germany and the unification of Europe -- The former Soviet Union: the myth and reality of the command economy and Russia's economic transition -- Alternative paths of transition in the former Soviet Union -- Poland: the peril and promise of shock therapy -- Hungary: gradualism and the first successful completed transition? -- Worker-managed market socialism: the collapse of Yugoslavia and the success of Slovenia -- China's socialist market economy: the sleeping giant wakes -- India: the elephant walks -- Iran: the struggle for a new traditional Islamic economy -- Revolution and reform in the Mexican economy -- North and South Korea: the lingering shadow of the Cold War -- Evolving trends of the transforming world economy.
摘要:The second edition of an innovative undergraduate textbook in Comparative Economic Systems that goes beyond the traditional dichotomies.